Break My Heart For What Breaks Yours

Heal my heart and make it clean 

Open up my eyes to the things unseen

Show me how to love like you have loved me

Break my heart from what breaks yours

Everything I am for your kingdoms cause

As I go from nothing to 

Eternity

- Hillsong United "Hosanna"

The bottom line of the Christian faith is that once you accept Christ into your life as your personal savior, you automatically gain the privilege of everlasting life and a peaceful eternity in Heaven. One of the clearest examples of the simplicity of accepting Jesus and gaining salvation is shown when Jesus forgives/pardons the sins of one of the criminals that hung beside Him when He was on the cross.

But in our Christian walk, sometimes you have to dig a little deeper if you want to go a little higher.

The Bible tells us way back in Genesis that we as humans were created in God's own image. And as you can recall, when Jesus came to Earth to die for our sins He didn't come back as a camel, or a dog or any other animal. He came as a human. A human who was found blameless in the eyes of God and man because He did no wrong and continually found ways to share The Gospel and promote the responsibilities of Christian Living.

Image (n.): 
3. exact likeness ; semblance "God created man in his own image — Genesis 1:27(Revised Standard Version)
-Definition courtesy of Merriam-Webster

So if we are to really push our selves towards fulfilling a life that is in the image of God, that means we must hurt for what he hurts for and make a change in our lives accordingly. It's not that God can't use us in our willfully sinful state but God calls us to be more. And that means growing and transforming into having both the physical image AND the mental/spiritual image of Christ as well.

"Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will." (Romans 12:2; NIV 2010 Edition)

God's heart breaks for the world. His heart is hurting when He sees the things that we place over him: Sex, Money, Careers, Laziness, Greed, and so much more! So our -challenge- minimum requirement is to have the same heart. A heart made in His image. Does your heartcrave the lustful desires listed above? If so, God is calling you to more. His HEART is calling you to more. When Hillsong says break our hearts for what breaks Yours, it's not to cause us deep remorse and agony, but instead it's to put us in a position where we are even THAT much closer to God's heart and His will for our lives. That alone brings so much joy and clarity that is far above what any worldly vice or sin could provide.

Break. So that you can be rebuilt. In. His. Image.